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PAUL DOUGLAS STRAHM
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
December 12, 1943 – January 14, 1968
Service recordPaul Douglas Strahm, of Sheffield Lake, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 50
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- December 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Sheffield Lake, Ohio (Lorain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 50
- HARLAN T PACHEPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
- ANTHONY SMITHSpecialist Four · January 14, 1968
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- ROY EDWIN WOLFPrivate First Class · January 14, 1968
From Sheffield Lake
- WAYNE EDWARD BENGESergeant · September 23, 1966
- CODY ALLEN BALISTERILieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK BYRNESergeant · March 8, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNITCHLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH CONRADYSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- RICHARD LOWELL IRVINSpecialist Four · August 5, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.